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Treatment.—Three balls of sulphuret of ammonia, two drachms, 
with extract of gentian and powdered quassia, of each a sufficiency, 
may be given, one every half hour. Next, one ounce of chloride of 
potash, dissolved in a pint of cold water, and mingled with sulphuric 
ether, two ounces, should be horned down. In an hour’s time, two 
ounces each of sulphuric ether and of laudanum; half an ounce of 
camphorated spirits; one drachm of carbonate of ammonia may be 
administered. No good effect being produced, throw up a tobacco- 
smoke enema. As a last resort, procure a stick of brimstone and light 
it. Remain in the stable while it burns, or the sulphureous fumes may 
become too powerful for life to inhale them. Continue this measure for 
two hours; then repeat the remedies previously recommended. All 
being fruitless, a desperate resort may be adopted. Puncture the 
abdomen with a trocar; but this operation can only be named here; 
the reader must turn to the substance of the book for its description. 
WORMS 
Are of four kinds: the Tenia, the Lumbrici, the Strongulus, and 
the Ascarides. 
The Tzxnia mostly affect the young. 
Cause.—Starving the mare when with foal, and breeding from old 
animals. 
Symptoms.—Checked development; large head; low crest; long 
legs, and swollen abdomen. Appetite ravenous; body thin; coat un- 
healthy; breath fetid. The colt rubs its nose against a wall, or strains 
it violently upward; picks and bites its own hair. 
Treatment.—Give spirits of turpentine. To a foal, two drachms; to 
a three months’ old, half ‘an ounce; six months, one ounce; one year, 
one ounce and a half; two years, two ounces; three years, three ounces; 
four years and upwards, four ounces. Procure one pound of quassia 
chips; pour on them three quarts of boiling water. Cause to blend 
with the turpentine a proportionate quantity of the quassia infusion, by 
means of yolks of eggs; add one scruple of powdered camphor, and 
give first thing in the morning. Good food is essential afterward. 
Subsequently give every morning, till the coat is glossy, liquor arseni- 
calis, from one to eight drachms; muriated tincture of iron, from one 
and a half to twelve drachms; extract of belladonna, from ten grains 
to two drachms; ale or stout, from half a pint to a quart. 
The Lumbrici prey upon the old and the weakly. 
Treatment.—Tartarized antimony, two drachms; common mass, a 
sufficiency to make one ball. Give one every morning. 
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